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Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Matatini Herenga Waka Herenga Tangata National Festival in Tāmaki in 2023
Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and mana motuhake take centre stage at FestPAC 2024
Creative NZ
8 March 2024
Te Whānau-ā-Apanui is set to grace the international stage at FestPAC in Hawai’i this June, with their journey promising more than just haka but a powerful demonstration of mana motuhake, the assertion of indigenous autonomy and identity.
From left to right: Path of Exile and Mini Metro, both developed in New Zealand, and the winning team from Te Matatini in 2023
An investment in Te Matatini and the gaming sector is an investment in arts and culture
The Spinoff
23 May 2023
Last week’s budget did include funding for the arts and culture sector – just not the arts and culture we’re used to seeing funded. And it’s long overdue, writes Sam Brooks.
Te Hoe Ki Mātangireia, a pan-tribal group from Australia, are set to take to the stage at the kapa haka senior regional competitions in the Gold Coast this weekend.
Kapa haka groups from across Australia compete to qualify for Te Matatini 2025
Radio New Zealand
19 April 2024
Kapa haka groups from across Australia will gather on the Gold Coast this weekend for the regional competitions to find the groups who will qualify for Te Matatini 2025.
A new Kapahaka team hoping to make a big impact at Matatini
Seven Sharp
8 March 2024
It started with a karakia before work to bring everyone together.
Then it grew into something they never dared to imagine - a work based kapahaka that now has them aiming for a part in the biggest dance of all, Te Matatini.
Te Waka Huia at Te Matatini
Te Matatini’s plans to take kapa haka on to a global stage
NZ Herald
22 May 2023
The global stage is where the Te Matatini board and the Government hope to take the kapa haka event.
And the $30 million funding increase given to Te Matatini in last week’s Budget will help catapult the indigenous tournament into a big-time must-see global event.
Hawai’i set to host FestPAC for the first time
Te Karere, Facebook
16 April 2024
The largest celebration of Pacific Island culture is set to get underway in just under two months' time. Following years of delays, Hawai'i now gets the chance to host the masses at this year's Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) hui for the first time in the events 52-year history. Ethan Oneroa begins our coverage leading up to the coveted event.
Te Reanga Morehu o Ratana will join 12 other teams competing at the Te Kāhui Maunga senior kapa haka regionals in Te Hāwera on Saturday.
Sold-out kapa haka regionals build momentum for Te Matatini
Stuff
7 March 2024
Te Kāhui Maunga kapa haka regional competition in Taranaki this weekend has sold out with more than 3000 fans scooping up the tickets, organisers say.
Budget 2023 provides significant investment in kapa haka
The Beehive
22 May 2023
The Government’s continued recognition of and support for the important place Kapa Haka has in Aotearoa was evident today at a celebration at Te Wharekura o Kirikiriroa Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Willow-Jean Prime said.
TE MATATINI 50
RNZ
24 June 2022
Today RNZ Concert launches the new three-part series celebrating 50 years of NZ’s foremost Māori performing arts festival and national kapa haka competitions.
The three-part series Te Matatini 50 will be broadcast at 7pm Friday, Saturday and Monday of Matariki weekend on RNZ Concert – home to the finest music in Aotearoa. (Here is how to listen)